" I know what you are referring to Dent-de - lion, Irish Daisy, x the bed".

Not joking at all, genuinely cannot make sense of that._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

Interesting read that. The last of the rural lines around here went out of service in the early sixties. The tracks formed the pillars of many a shed. And the sleepers became gate posts.

I was asked to look into the ownership of some land a couple of years ago that involved railway land. During the course of my investigation I turned to satellite imagery and was amazed that even after 50 years I could still trace the line by following straight ditches and double ditches quite clearly. Landowners still hadn't reclaimed the railway land after all that time. I only needed to do a small section of a few hundred metres but got carried away and interested at the same time and was easily able to follow a disused branch line from an abandoned station on a current main line (Wexford to Dublin) that traversed the county all the way up to the sugar factory in Carlow town. Off of this line was another branch just outside New Ross which could be followed to Waterford City. In short, at a guess, 70 to 80 miles of the former track could easily be followed half a century later._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

I once bought some hyacinth bulbs from Bridgemere. They were selling them loose and I chose six nice, fat bulbs. Then we decided to go for coffee in their lovely cafe. My face started burning and I had to rush to the loo and wash my face. In my haste to sample homemade cake I had forgotten to wash my hands after handling hyacinths, ouch! I won't do THAT again._________________Be humble, for you are made of earth
Be noble, for you are made of stars

The New Ross to Waterford line is supposed to be changed to a narrow guage line and to be used for tourism and school trip rides._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

I actually thought the same thing, we have digressed again. You started it anyway!_________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

" I know what you are referring to Dent-de - lion, Irish Daisy, x the bed".

Not joking at all, genuinely cannot make sense of that.

OK, have just remembered, seeing as you didn't relieve me of my wondering Ado, x the bed is p1ss the bed but it was the 'I know what you are referring to' before it that had me wondering._________________“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”

French for dandelion is not dent-de-lion as we might think or were taught in our schools (the derivation of the English form) but pissenlit, x in bed.In France it is available as a salad. Salade de pissenlits with a good vinaigrette it is considered a delicacy . Dandelions are known to have diuretic properties. A chemical found in it makes the kidneys produce urine. Dandelion is not the only herb with these properties, Parsley also does this as does any herb with caffeine (e.g. coffee). A little bit of info is a dangerous thing.

Looking back yes T you are right I am wrong , you spoke of " not talking about nettles cos there were ladies here etc (that I spoke about) " and went on to say you don't eat dandelions cos you were not a rabbit. Me in my "stupidity ran with the dandelion. Sorry Again all my fault. Off to The Pottering Shed with me

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